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Marta Renzi Believes in Narrative Dance.

Dancer and choreographer Marta Renzi. Typical of her work is "Mountainview," a half-hour dance narrative that premieres this Thursday, August 3 on the PBS program "Alive From Off Center." "Mountainview" is set at the bar of rundown resort run by three generations of the same family. The families loves and jealousies are played out to the sounds of the jukebox, which features the music of Bruce Springsteen, Tammy Wynette and Aretha Franklin. RENZI choreographed the dances and other movements and collaborated with filmmaker John Sayles on the camera work. Renzi's other works include "Liquid Measure," a meditation on Schubert's "Death and the Maiden," and "I'm Not Very Pretty," a work performed to a text by her husband, the poet Daniel Wolff.

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Other segments from the episode on August 2, 1989

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 2, 1989: Interview with Joe Kane; Review of performances at the PepsiCo Summerfare Festival; Interview with Marta Renzi; Commentary on moving.

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